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"L-O-N-E-L-Y"
Single by Bobby Vinton
from the album Bobby Vinton Sings for Lonely Nights
B-side"Graduation Tears"
ReleasedApril 19, 1965
RecordedMarch 12, 1965
GenrePop
Length2:24
LabelEpic
Songwriter(s)Bobby Vinton
Producer(s)Bob Morgan
Bobby Vinton singles chronology
"Long Lonely Nights"
(1965) 		"L-O-N-E-L-Y"
(1965) 		"Theme from 'Harlow' (Lonely Girl)"
(1965)

"L-O-N-E-L-Y" is a song written and sung by Bobby Vinton, which he released in 1965.[1] The song spent 8 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, peaking at No. 22,[2] while reaching No. 7 on Billboard's Pop-Standards Singles chart,[3][4] and No. 1 on Canada's "RPM Play Sheet".[5]

Cash Box described it as "a lyrical, slow-moving heartfelt tearjerker on which the chanter plaintively offers six reasons for his unhappiness."[6]

Chart performance

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Chart (1965) Peak
position
Canada - RPM Play Sheet 1
US Billboard Hot 100 22
US Billboard Pop-Standard Singles 7
US Cash Box Top 100[7] 20
US Record World 100 Top Pops[8] 16

References

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  1. ^ L-O-N-E-L-Y - By: Bobby Vinton, MusicVF.com. Accessed October 18, 2015
  2. ^ Hot 100 - Bobby Vinton L-O-N-E-L-Y Chart History, Billboard.com. Retrieved March 25, 2018.
  3. ^ Adult Contemporary - Bobby Vinton L-O-N-E-L-Y Chart History, Billboard.com. Retrieved March 25, 2018.
  4. ^ "Pop-Standard Singles", Billboard, May 22, 1965. p. 16. Accessed October 18, 2015
  5. ^ "R.P.M. Play Sheet", RPM Weekly, Volume 3, Ed. 18, June 28, 1965. Accessed October 18, 2015
  6. ^ "CashBox Record Reviews" (PDF). Cash Box. May 8, 1965. p. 12. Retrieved 2022-01-12.
  7. ^ "Cash Box Top 100", Cash Box, June 12, 1965. p. 4. Retrieved March 25, 2018.
  8. ^ "100 Top Pops", Record World, June 12, 1965. Retrieved March 25, 2018.


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